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← A state that cannot change cannot preserve itself

17 connected korrents · 7 moments from 1 Jun 2022 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under public debt public debt Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A state that cannot change cannot preserve itself A state that cannot change cannot preserveitself EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: The State could be changed or even abolished without harming the nation — tap to centre the map on it The State could be changed or evenabolished without harming the nation RB Randolph Bourne — holds since c. 1917–1918 — tap for who they are Same subject: No state can exist without religion — tap to centre the map on it No state can exist without religion MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: A destroyed kingdom can never be restored, and the dead cannot be brought back to life — tap to centre the map on it A destroyed kingdom can never berestored, and the dead cannot bebrought back to life ST Sun Tzu — holds since c. 500–430 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The state is a partnership between the living, the dead and those yet to be born — tap to centre the map on it The state is a partnership betweenthe living, the dead and those yetto be born EB Edmund Burke — holds since c. 1790 — tap for who they are Same subject: You have to preserve your agency: your belief that you can change things. — tap to centre the map on it You have to preserve your agency:your belief that you can changethings. Last stated a year ago 25 Aug 2025 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2025-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot change your world from outside, because you form it from within — tap to centre the map on it You cannot change your world fromoutside, because you form it fromwithin JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1967–1975 — tap for who they are Same subject: A state's institutions must be founded or wholly recast by a single person — tap to centre the map on it A state's institutions must befounded or wholly recast by a singleperson NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Neither good laws nor a good situation can maintain a constitution against a country's manners — tap to centre the map on it Neither good laws nor a goodsituation can maintain aconstitution against a country'smanners AT Alexis de Tocqueville — holds since c. 1835 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilized town is far better off with a religion, even a bad one, than with none — tap to centre the map on it A civilized town is far better offwith a religion, even a bad one,than with none VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: A faith with a good God but without sin, hell, the devil or redemption is a boys' philosophy — tap to centre the map on it A faith with a good God but withoutsin, hell, the devil or redemptionis a boys' philosophy CL C. S. Lewis — holds since c. 1942–1952 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A state that cannot change cannot preserve itself Last stated c. 1790 Holds Edmund Burke Read this korrent →